News archive
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Mobile solutions for reliable identification and a polyamide 6 recycled exclusively from textile waste: BASF and its subsidiary Trinamix will be showcasing processes for sorting, recycling and the circular economy in the textile industry at the Textiles Recycling Expo.
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Pellenc ST, a provider of the design and manufacturing of intelligent sorting and quality control solutions for the waste and recycling industry, and Polytag, a data platform provider specializing in packaging information within the circular economy, have joined forces. This collaboration merges sorting technology with invisible UV watermark-based tracking to enhance material recovery and traceability.
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In July 2023, the European Commission adopted its proposal to revise and
merge the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3R Type-Approval Directive
into a single Regulation on Circularity Requirements for Vehicle Design and
on Management of End-of-Life Vehicles. The proposal aims to strengthen the
EU single market while improving the circularity of the sector and reducing
the environmental impacts associated with the design, production, use, and
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A joint position paper calls upon the European Commission to take decisive regulatory action to mitigate risks from surging lithium battery fires and protect Europe’s waste management infrastructure and workers.
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Two brothers, who head up Hudei Metals, are using their company to set new standards in scrap sorting and demonstrate how recycling is becoming a key resource for India’s sustainable growth.
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Only 6.9% of the 106 billion tonnes of materials used annually by the global economy come from recycled sources—a 2.2 percentage point drop since 2015, according to a new report released by Circle Economy in collaboration with Deloitte Global.
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Andritz has supplied and commissioned a reXline tearing system for Pacific Jeans in Chattogram, Bangladesh.
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Today marks the launch of the international No Plastic Filter campaign, uniting voices across the planet for a ban on plastic cigarette filters. A growing coalition of citizens, businesses, institutions, scientists, NGOs and local authorities worldwide is calling on policymakers to take action. Quintessential to the campaign is the publication of the website www.noplasticfilter.org.
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The plant gathers manure from surrounding farms for energy production. In addition to biogas, the plant produces recycled fertilizers that circulate back to local food production.
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A new report published today by BB-REG-NET reveals no robust evidence to support the long-held claim that biodegradable plastics encourage littering, challenging a key assumption that has been hindering policy development in the UK’s bioeconomy sector.
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As part of the EU-funded HyInHeat project, the aluminium recycling and rolling group has successfully converted a melting furnace with a capacity of 1.5 tonnes to hydrogen operation. Initial tests with various scrap types show promising results with no impact on melt quality.
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The Bureau of International Recycling has announced the arrival of a new member of staff, Ms Bianca Mannini, who joined the BIR Advocacy team on Tuesday, 6 May 2025.
